Photo: Roscosmos
The RD-107A/RD-108A serial rocket engines manufactured by UEC-Kuznetsov, the Samara-based enterprise of the United Engine Corporation (Rostec), ensured the successful launch of the Soyuz MS-22 manned spacecraft of the 68th long-term expedition to the International Space Station.
Today at 16:54 Moscow time Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket was launched from site No.31 Vostok of the Baikonur cosmodrome. The rocket delivered manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-22. The RD-107A/RD-108A engines installed on the first and second stages, manufactured by UEC-Kuznetsov, operated faultlessly.
The spacecraft is named after Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the Russian scientist, inventor and founder of the theory of space exploration. Honoring the great inventor, the rocket portrays Tsiolkovsky and a commemorative inscription.
The crew of Tsiolkovsky included members of the 68th long-term expedition to the International Space Station - Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin as well as NASA astronaut Francisco Rubio.
